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Ribosomes are RNA-protein particles measuring 30nm at their largest dimensions, which function as machineries for protein synthesis. Within a ribosome, a messenger-RNA (mRNA) and transfer-RNAs (tRNA) are brought together, thus allowing base pairing between mRNA codons and tRNA anticodons, which drives the synthesis of a polypeptide with an amino acid sequence according to the model specified by the mRNAs codons.
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Pavelka, M., Roth, J. (2010). Ribosomes, Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum. In: Functional Ultrastructure. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99390-3_16
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